Fifty years ago today, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessean. All over the world, people are celebrating the legacy of King and also reflecting on where we are today. Professor Michael Eric Dyson of Georgetown University definitely had some thoughts about […]
A photo of Stephon Clark’s grandmother, Sequita Thompson taken by my friend who attended the family’s press conference with me. Photo: Jon Crisp As journalists, we are taught that it is our job to deliver news and information objectively. Source: #StephonClark: When Reporting the News […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Police officers responding to reports of a man threatening people with a gun on Wednesday fatally shot a man carrying a metal pipe, mistaking it for a firearm, police said. It happened just before 5 p.m. in the Crown Heights neighborhood […]
Today is educator and businessman Walter E. Massey ‘s birthday. Among the Mississippi native’s notable achievements, he is the first African-American physics professor to teach at Brown University and was also once president of his alma mater, Morehouse College. Source: Little Known Black History Fact: […]
By Dr. Barbara A. Reynolds Efforts must be increased to break down the wall of secrecy surrounding the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who was gunned down on April 4, 1968, as he stepped out onto the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in […]
If we are going to use the 50th anniversary of his assassination to recognize him or, indeed, to honor him, the only way to do that is to continue his fight for justice for the poor and the powerless in our society. Education is the […]
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